Toxic chemicals that poisoned your grandparents, or even great-grandparents, may also affect your health, US researchers suggested on Thursday (June 2). A study in rats shows the effects of certain toxic chemicals were passed on for four generations of males. The finding, published in the journal Science, suggests that toxins may play a role in inherited diseases now blamed on genetic mutations.
"It's a new way to think about disease," said Michael Skinner, director of the Center for Reproductive Biology at Washington State University in Pullman.
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